Scarce OOP 1ST ED Joel-Peter Witkin first monograph Numbered Book

Joel-Peter Witkin's first monograph. known for his controversial and often grotesque imagery this SCARCE 1st edition was limited to 4000 hardbound cloth copies. OOP *I did not feel comfortable adding the photos please look up on Google for visuals* His work explores themes of death, the grotesque, religion, myth, and allegory. He often uses corpses, body parts, & people w/ physical differences in his staged photographs. He is considered both loathsome and brilliant, generating controversy & admiration w/ his focus on the "disagreeable beauty" of the anomalous & the transgressive, his images are edgy & disturbing. Influenced by artists from Giotto to the Surrealists, by daguerreotypes & the work of Bellocq, his portraits & complex tableaux incorporating corpses, hermaphrodites, masks & mutilation provoke & challenge the viewer. Boldly signed by Witkin. Photographs & text by Joel-Peter Witkin Includes exhibition history & bibliography. Limited to 4000 examples. Pre Owned SOLD AS IS Ask questions BEFORE buying not after. SHIPS FAST from a clean non smoking home 🏡 OOP RARE Coffee Table DISTURBING TABOO DARK ART CONTROVERSIAL beyond the pale degenerate creepy spooky scary freaks carnival occult gore horror bdsm perverse freakshow fetish erotic nude LGBTQ lewd Switzerland degenerate trans French france unique macron brigitte disorders Coffee Table conversation piece gruesome demon vile morbid odd oddity hardcover demonic satanic Satanism photographer Goth obscene lascivious